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Liverpool have been dealt a hammer blow in their pursuit of the Premier League title with Alisson sustaining a fresh hamstring injury, according to a report. The Reds are due to face Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium in Saturday's early kick-off, but it seems they will have to make do without their starting goalkeeper. The Mirror report Alisson has picked up a hamstring injury in training and will not take on the Bees this weekend, with a race against time now on for the Brazilian to return to fitness ahead of next Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Chelsea. Liverpool also host Luton Town on Wednesday in their last Premier League Game before their trip to Wembley. Alisson missed the Reds' 3-1 victory at home to Burnley last weekend having fallen ill, with Joe Gomez also absent with the flu. Liverpool's number one sat out wins over Fulham and Sheffield United earlier in the season due to a muscle problem. Kelleher will keep his place / Justin Setterfield/Get...

Chelsea captain Reece James is set to undergo surgery on his latest hamstring injury in the hope of finally overcoming a problem that has plagued his young career. James suffered his third serious hamstring issue of 2023 earlier this month and has seen a series of specialists to try and determine the cause, as well as the best possible solution for the problem. Sources have confirmed to 90min that James has sought several opinions on his hamstring s and the decision has been made to send the right-back under the knife. It is understood to have been mutually agreed by James, manager Mauricio Pochettino and club officials. James is now expected to head to Finland for an operation which will rule him out of action for up to four months. An April return would see James enter into a race against time to prove his fitness for Euro 2024, which will get underway in Germany on June 14. The Chelsea defender missed the latest World Cup because of a similar issue. James limped off once again /...

Liverpool have lost key centre-back Virgil van Dijk for ‘more than a month’ as a result of the hamstring injury he suffered during the recent Premier League defeat to Brentford. Van Dijk was forced to come off at half-time in that game after feeling discomfort. It was later reported to be worse than first thought, before Klopp shared more details about the recovery timeframe when he spoke to the media at a press conference on Friday. Jurgen Klopp confirms how long Virgil van Dijk will be out of action “Virg was a surprise for us and a big blow,” the Liverpool boss said. “The diagnosis was pretty harsh. It's more than a month, but I hope it goes quick. It's hard, but for him he has played an incredible amount of Game s in recent years.” The expectation he will be out of action for ‘more than a month’ suggests at least five weeks on the sidelines. That means Van Dijk won’t play again in January and likely won’t return until potentially the middle of February at the earliest. H...